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Quentin Francis, director of youth development at the Ann Arbor YMCA in Michigan, takes a moment to think during the fellowship program on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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YMCA history fellows are ‘creating a usable past’ for boys and young men of color

The YMCA's Boys and Young Men of Color program helps boys and young men of…

Adria CarpenterMay 28, 2024

Men and boys wearing Indian headbands and feathers shaking hands, created between 1940 and 1969.

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‘Playing Indian’: A retrospective on the YMCA’s Indian Guides program

Ryan Bean and co-author Paul Hillmer, a professor of American history at Concordia University in…

Adria CarpenterOctober 13, 2023

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Seeking control

World War I, the Great Depression, and immigration all contributed to a growing number of…

markengeJuly 23, 2021

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Y archivist propels critical conversations

By Allison Campbell-Jensen Ryan Bean On March 19, Reference and Outreach Archivist Ryan Bean will…

markengeMarch 3, 2021

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Decoding history

In all, 25,926 men and women served during World War I with the YMCA —…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 2, 2019

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Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

Anthony Comstock is well-known as the instigator of the Comstock Law, which was passed by…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 24, 2018

“Health Pays Dividends” YMCA Public Health Campaign, circa 1916. Credit: Kautz Family YMCA Archives,P846 http://purl.umn.edu/127291

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Now Online! Records of YMCA work in China

Significant portions of the records of YMCA international work in China — one of the richest…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 18, 2017

Brianna Lane Nofil PhD Candidate, Columbia University

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Chambers Fellows visit the archives

Four research fellows are now using the Social Welfare History Archives and Kautz Family YMCA…

Mark EngebretsonNovember 8, 2017

Photo of Robert R. McBurney, the “first paid secretary” of the YMCA sitting at his desk.

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The ‘Y’ as Social Welfare Agency: Letters to the New York City YMCA 1852-1880

Louise A. Merriam Archivist, YMCA of Greater New York Robert R. McBurney, the “first paid…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 13, 2016

An image of the "People on the Move" exhibit showing the title banner, display cases and suitcases.

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Happy Anniversary!

The Immigration History Research Center Archives, with our colleague Immigration History Research Center, celebrates 50…

Mark EngebretsonNovember 17, 2015

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YMCA Archives

YMCA history fellows are ‘creating a usable past’ for boys and young men of color

‘Playing Indian’: A retrospective on the YMCA’s Indian Guides program

Seeking control

Y archivist propels critical conversations

Decoding history

Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

Now Online! Records of YMCA work in China

Chambers Fellows visit the archives

The ‘Y’ as Social Welfare Agency: Letters to the New York City YMCA 1852-1880

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